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Lanzarote is the easternmost island of the Canary Islands, and has a volcanic origin. It was born through fiery eruptions and has solidified lava streams as well as extravagant rock formations. The island emerged about 15 million years ago as product of the Canary hotspot. The greatest recorded eruptions occurred between 1730 and 1736 in the area now designated Timanfaya National Park. It has world class resorts ...

Thurs part 1: Nerves are jangling...waiting for parts is like Xmas as a kid, hoping for a bmx but worried its going to socks!!! Part 2: An hour later and tentative test ride and it looks like we've solved the clutch problem! Thanks Rory for sourcing and shipping the oil! Part 3: Ok, so we're back on the road, we drop by Ali Babas to say thank for all his help (yesterday ...

From Tarfaya I continue on to El Ayoun, the capital of the Sahara region, but I don't tarry long. I already explored this city back in 2009 on my way to Senegal and now I have another priority: Boujdour.

Boujdour is one of the few sizeable towns in the South Sahara region (there are 4 to be exact), and even though it’s well out of my way, I ...

As we continue deeper into the desert, I start to notice, every couple hundred meters a brand new, identical cinderblock building that looks like a tiny two room schoolhouse. As there are numerous clusters of shacks probably used by fishermen, I assume it's a new government program to provide education for the children of fishermen… but there are just way too many of ...

In Noaukchott, we met 2 Brits that were heading northwards too. Since we all had roughly the same plans we bumped into each other several times along the road, which was almost a given, since at least the border would take several hours. Actually, it was more or less the plan. There we decided to aim for the West Saharan city Tarfaya together or at least as far as our strength lasted. First we had to pass No Man's Land, the narrow strip of land neither controlled by Mauritania ...